I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

I was born at a very crucial time. I consider 1968 to be the Mason Dixon line between pre- and post-civil rights generation ideas, whereas a lot of people born before '68 they kind of went into that Moses mentality. Like, I'm not going to make it, you know, I don't have any hope.

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

I do count on a changing of tides. All too often, what could be a critics' darling today becomes tomorrow's target. I don't want to be too blasé about it.

Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.